+ Read more about Lana Del Rey's New York Times article after the jump!

Inside the article, Lana discusses how hard it was for her to get signed: "I mean, I met everyone who is anyone in the music industry over the last six years and I was unsignable. That's what I was told by everyone. I would play my songs, explain what I was trying to do and I'd get, 'You know who's No. 1 in 13 countries right now? Ke$ha.' "

Despite her recent setbacks, we hope Lana's taking some time to bask in the glow of her success. We also hope she hitting "Delete" on the thousands of emails that must be pouring in from all the record execs who passed her up the first time. And she gets to be this hot while doing so. Lana Del Rey's got the best life ever.